£800 million Reinsurance Scheme officially opens to help give live events cover to plan...

The UK Live Events Reinsurance Scheme will give events the confidence they need to plan through to summer 2022The Scheme will support live events across the country - such as concerts and...

An Interview with Twickets

With the exploitative elements of the secondary ticketing market currently enduring a lot of heat from primary ticketing outlets, the public, artists, politicians, academics, and the media, Twickets is one organisation making strong headway...


Over 100 UK Festivals Commit to Tackling Sexual Violence

Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters, Reading & Leeds, Bluedot, Parklife  and Shambala among signatories of AIF’s Safer Spaces Campaign.  Includes updated Charter of Best Practice, plus new awareness and education campaign

Sound Diplomacy & The Art of Noise Management.

Back in May, when we spoke to Access The Festival, the name Acoustech dropped into the conversation about suppliers; Access Co-Founder Will Darley was quick to sing the praises of the noise consultants and...

Accesibility and Sustainability Enhanced as Download Improves Site

UK Festival Award winner, Download Festival has today announced major site improvement plans for 2022, including unparalleled accessibility improvements and sustainability initiatives. Download Festival prides itself on listening to...

Latitude Festival

35,000 revellers ventured down to the remote and idyllic Henham Park for Latitude’s illustrious tenth anniversary last weekend, and it seemed like at least 60% of them were under the age of twelve. Sober...

2019 UK Festival Awards – Applications are now open

The application process for the UK Festival Awards 2019 has now opened. The Awards will return to the Troxy in London on December 5th for a third consecutive year and promises to end the...

15 Years of Lovefest: Zlatana Pavlović on How to Sustain Festival Success

Lovefest is back once again in 2022, this year celebrating 15 years since its inception. The event is set to take place in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia from August 4-6th, with an extra special lineup...

Secret Garden Party

In the Corinthians-quoting foreword to this year’s Secret Garden Party programme, Head Gardener Fred Fellowes suggests that childishness is ‘at heart, a natural state’. The festival’s theme for this year, ‘Childish Things’, aimed to...

An Interview with CrowdCore

Launched in 2017, CrowdCore is an all-in-one event management platform made for organisers, promoters and venues, helping them to build their brand, sell tickets online, and provide a seamless digital experience. Insights spoke with Alex...